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John Egan (jjegans) > Door of Humility entrance to the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine

John Egan (jjegans) > Interior of the Church of the Nativity; dark, but full of history

John Egan (jjegans) > Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation in the mountains above Jericho, Palestine, where Jesus was thought to be tempted by the devil during his 40 days in the desert; reached by cable car from Jericho

John Egan (jjegans) > Ruins of Hisham's Palace in Jericho, remains of a "hunting lodge" built by the Omayyad caliph Hisham in 724 AD later destroyed by an earthquake

John Egan (jjegans) > Wall and guard tower overlooking an Israeli entrance checkpoint coming into Jerusalem; not picturesque but historically significant

John Egan (jjegans) > Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem at the spot where Jesus is thought to have been crucified.

John Egan (jjegans) > Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

John Egan (jjegans) > Greek Orthodox alter in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

John Egan (jjegans) > View of the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem from above overlooking the Muristan area developed by the Greek Orthodox in the early 20th Century; the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is on the right

Ruins of Hisham's Palace in Jericho, remains of a "hunting lodge" built by the Omayyad caliph Hisham in 724 AD later destroyed by an earthquake

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Ruins of Hisham's Palace in Jericho, remains of a "hunting lodge" built by the Omayyad caliph Hisham in 724 AD later destroyed by an earthquake

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